Vernon, IN 47282 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Vernon, IN, ZIP 47282
Around 04/21 is the usual last spring frost, about 236 days away. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/21, about 180 frost-free days later.
Vernon sits in USDA Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum). The dates above are NOAA's 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting station, a 30-year average, not a forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6b around Vernon has about 8 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/21 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/06 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/10 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Vernon compares
About 180 days separate Vernon's last and first frost, putting it 25,061 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 514 of 927.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Vernon's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Vernon's dates instead of trusting one.